Category: In the News

REU Students Present Research at SPUR Event CCF Research Experiences for Undergraduate students presented their research at the University-wide Summer Platform for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) event on July 29th. See their research posters here.

Researchers Examine How to Make Mealtimes with Children Less Stressful New research from CCF faculty affiliates Drs. Jackie Nelson and Shayla Holub examine how to make mealtimes less stressful for parents of young children. Read Story

Dr. Tim Bray Discusses COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children CCF faculty affiliate Dr. Tim Bray discusses the COVID-19 vaccine, now authorized for young children, and if and when parents may get their children vaccinated. Listen to Story

Play With Me Family Celebration Past and present families served by our Play With Me program are invited to a day of celebration on Saturday June 11th at UT Dallas (2895 Facilities Way Richardson TX) from 9:30am-11:30am. We will have activities, food, bubbles, arts & crafts, resource tables, and more! We can’t wait to see you! See […]

On Cultural Responsivity in Research: The REU Experience A small example of why diverse voices in early childhood development research are so important: “Sandra Ventura, a UTD senior, and the other REU fellows [at The University of Texas at Dallas] were talking informally about their experience with mealtime, comparing notes on how their families often had […]

Dr. Kim Noble to Give Keynote Spring Lecture on 4/29 Dr. Kim Noble will present the keynote lecture, “Socioeconomic Inequity and Child Brain Development,” in CCF’s spring lecture series on Friday April 29th from 9:30am to 11am. Trained as a neuroscientist and board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Noble has examined disparities in development and health across infancy, childhood and […]

2022-23 REU Experience Application Open CCF is accepting applications for its 2022-23 Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, supported by the National Science Foundation. UT Dallas and area community college students are encouraged to apply. See https://bbs.utdallas.edu/research/nsf-reu/ for more information and to apply. Applications are due April 1st.

REU Students Launch ImpactUTD Campaign Members of the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) program recently launched a crowdfunding campaign, ImpactUTD, to support CCF’s Play With Me program and the children and parents it serves. The campaign, launched on #GivingTuesday, met and surpassed its goal in a few short days. But, there is still an opportunity […]

5 Minutes with Dr. Timothy Bray on COVID-19 Trends in North Texas Dr. Timothy Bray, UT Dallas professor, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research, and CCF faculty affiliate gives the latest COVID-19 trends for North Texas and shares Halloween data from the Census Bureau. View Story

UTD Doctoral Student Receives 2021 Albert Schweitzer Fellowship For the fellowship, UT Dallas doctoral student Samantha Redig will work with CCF on an adaptation of our Play With Me program to focus on infants and their parents’ well-being… View Story